Lake Biwa Canal Museum 琵琶湖疎水記念館

The Lake Biwa Canal Museum is located in Kyoto. It details the construction of the Lake Biwa Canal, which involved Japan's first full-scale brick lock gate and the country's longest tunnel at the time. The museum also highlights the use of the vertical tunnel method, a new technique for large-scale tunnel construction in Japan.

Source: biwakososui-museum.city.kyoto.lg.jp ↗, read 2026-09-10